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hunnybunnysims said: Same thing happened to me in my first run of my megahood. They were alll over each other!

Now I’m tempted to strike up a romance between the two of them the next time I play a Veronaville. ^^

littleblondesim said: Interesting that English names are considered low class! What are some common names around where you live? I think the no. one name around here right now for babies is “Emma”. I know a lot of Marks, Stephanies, Saras, Jessicas and Matthews, though!

It’s actually not that easy. Some English names are actually seen as pretty neutral and international names are popular. So Elias is fine, but don’t you dare to name your kid Lennox unless you want your aunt Ulrike to ask you if you want to destroy your kid’s life… I guess the more common (old-fashioned) English names tend to be accepted more easily.

Popular names around here are Emma, Hannah and Mia for girls, and Ben, Jonas and Leon for boys (according to this list). Very non-offensive names and international. I can see the appeal in those names (I ALWAYS have to spell my name and it often get confused for better known “L”-names like Leonie, Lisa or Leona- “L” names were very popular back in the 90′s. Still are, actually.)

What is it with Emma that makes it such a popular baby name? Also, your list sounds somewhat old-fashioned to me. Here in Germany, some popular English names (as in, just English. Emma and the likes are also German, actually) are Henry, Liam, Aaron, Zoe, Emily/Emely/Emilie (I dunno what’s up with that) and Amy, or if you’re more daring, Jackson, Jaden/Jayden/Jadon/ etc., Cheyenne or  Joelle (now that I think of it, those are names Germans can’t actually pronounce right unless they do speak English rather well. Those are also names that are perceived as being lower-class. So maybe it’s not the name itself but the mother screaming for “Tschäkson” or “Schajenn” that stigmatises the name?)

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Wow, you guys are very chatty today. XD

twofee said: water safety courses are awesome. had so much fun with my lifeguarding class in highschool. im jealous of your skin diving, ive never gotten to do anything cool like that.

Yeah, it is fun AND it is an important skill to learn. It’s very sad to see how many kids cannot swim or are very insecure when swimming. The people who taught me how to swim are doing a very important job (I believe they are actually volunteers, so… wow.).

I’m kind of sad that I’ll never get to use skin diving outside of pools (I’m not very fond of open water and all the things that live in there). But yeah, it’s a cool skill to have.

littleblondesim said: Names are so interesting, yes! The name I think is tainted the most around where I am is “Steven”. I also like looking at how a name changes based on when and where it is. Like, Mary/Maria, etc.

It’s really sad that “Kevin” became a ‘tainted’ name, because, it’s a nice name. But it was a name that was very en vogue around the time I was born. That and the fact that English-sounding names are often perceived as lower class names (class has become a huge factor in naming your kids- parents are afraid that they’ll disadvantage their kids if they give them the wrong names). Add in a discussion about a paper that claimed that teachers hate “Kevins” with a fiery passion because they are unruly, wild children and parents afraid of being associated with the lower class and ‘problematic’ children and you have effectively tainted a name for at least 50 years… Seriously, “Kevin” and “Chantal” are now the cliche names for poor, stupid, lower class people my age- and that paper that started all was basically bullshit from an academic point of view…

A currently popular variant of Mary/Maria in my country is “Mia”. It’s actually the number 1 girl name right now (depending which statistic you trust- there are several different ones out there, some counting first and middle names, some counting them separately). “Mila” is also becoming popular, and “Marie” is the most popular middle name here…

Yeah, as you can see, I’m very passionate about names. XD

littleblondesim said: Also, I found this yesterday which you might be interested in:time.com/3856405…

Aw, it doesn’t even know my name! To be fair it’s a very rare German name, only somewhat known among Catholics…

katatty-main said: haha, i was playing veronaville and he greeted her with a kiss even though theyre enemies!! nuts.

This could make for a very interesting story. And a very, very dysfunctional relationship…